Biography
The Gardening Angels were a Wellington group that featured a fairly fluid line-up over their 2-album time-span, including members of a number of local Ska bans, plus Richard Caigou from The Holidaymakers, and experienced bassist Steve Hemmens (formerly of fames 1970’s group Mammal).
The group regularly played at Bar Bodega during the early to mid 1990s.
Members
- Catherine George (vocals, Pit Pony, The Gardening Angels)
- Amanda Hedley (vocals, The Gardening Angels)
- Steve Hemmens (bass, Mammal, The Gardening Angels)
- Richard Caigou (drums, The Gardening Angels, The Holidaymakers, The Pelicans)
- Steve Hinderwell (guitar, Pit Pony, Skapa, Sven Olsen’s Brutal Canadian Love Saga, The Gardening Angels, The Inhalers, The Ranchsliders)
- Alan Galloway (guitar / accordian, Let’s Planet, The Gardening Angels)
- Christine Roseveare (bass, The Gardening Angels)
- Matt Newdick (bass, Banana Revolution, Looney Tunes, Skapa, The Gardening Angels)
- Mike Stewart (drums, The Gardening Angels)
- Laurence Tyler (guitar, Cattlebirds, Pit Pony, The Gardening Angels, The Jonahs)
Discography
- Gardening Angels (1993, Hair Shirt Music, HAISH001)
- Inflorescence (1995, Hair Shirt Music, HAISH002)